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"“In the complex domain, nothing happens the same way twice except by accident.” (Dave Snowden)

Classical instruments for analyzing and directing teams and organizations do not work any more in a complex world. You don't believe that? Some wonderful experiments with the participants showed this impressively!

Tools for managers must change. Instead of directing organizations it will be all about navigating complexity. But how to change? What tools will be needed?

In the workshop I had the privilege to attend in Amsterdam (two carefully selected, very nice locations!) Bernhard showed us a set of tools and instruments to prove ourselves in a complex world. Expermints and exercises let us implement what we learned.

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Tired of solving problems by throwing more bureaucracy at them? You do realise that complexity needs to be tackled in a fundamentally different way than order, but you cannot pinpoint precisely why and how? You may have heard of the VUCA world, of complex systems, of the Cynefin Framework – but what do you actually DO with it next week?

This 3-day workshop is for people who produce results with an organisation: line and project managers, Agile coaches, organisational developers. We explore the complexity of your own business environment with methods and tools that you can replicate at work. But beyond methods and tools, we want you to expand your mindset. Based on the Amber Compass, we deep…

Frequently asked questions

Tired of solving problems by throwing more bureaucracy at them?
You do realise that complexity needs to be tackled in a
fundamentally different way than order, but you cannot pinpoint
precisely why and how? You may have heard of the VUCA world, of
complex systems, of the Cynefin Framework – but what do you
actually DO with it next week?

This 3-day workshop is for people who produce results with an
organisation: line and project managers, Agile coaches,
organisational developers. We explore the complexity of your
own business environment with methods and tools that you can
replicate at work. But beyond methods and tools, we want you to
expand your mindset. Based on the Amber Compass, we deep dive into
ways to develop the complexity savvyness of yourself and your
organisation.

YOUR TAKE-AWAYS:

Understand what is fundamentally different in the complex
part of your environment, and why that is so.

Map your own system to the Cynefin Framework, and know where
and how to adapt your management practices.

Scan the evolutionary potential of the present.

Develop two distinct decision making methods
for complicated and complex environments.

Improve the practice of aligned autonomy: Package a shared
orientation into a strategic storyline, apply the storyline to
individual trade-off situations within a self-management context,
and transform the whole into a responsive group learning
process.

Improve the ordered-to-complex connectivity along the value
chain of your operation.

Learn to manage by heuristics and rules of thumb where
objectives and fixed outcomes are not appropriate.

Learn a number of learning and facilitation methods that you
can replicate with your own team.

"“In the complex domain, nothing happens the same way twice except by accident.” (Dave Snowden)

Classical instruments for analyzing and directing teams and organizations do not work any more in a complex world. You don't believe that? Some wonderful experiments with the participants showed this impressively!

Tools for managers must change. Instead of directing organizations it will be all about navigating complexity. But how to change? What tools will be needed?

In the workshop I had the privilege to attend in Amsterdam (two carefully selected, very nice locations!) Bernhard showed us a set of tools and instruments to prove ourselves in a complex world. Expermints and exercises let us implement what we learned.